Gillespiana is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring compositions and arrangements by Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1960 and released on the Verve label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[3]
DownBeatStarStarStarStarStar[4]

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer awarded the album five stars and wrote: "Gillespiana is a distinguished work written expressly to exploit the trumpeter's remarkable talent."[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Lalo Schifrin

Side A

  1. "Prelude" – 5:52
  2. "Blues" – 11:16
  3. "Panamericana" – 4:39

Side B

  1. "Africana" – 7:31
  2. "Toccata" – 12:01

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 21, 2012
  2. ↑ Payne, D. Lalo Schifrin discography accessed March 21, 2012
  3. ↑ AllMusic Review accessed March 21, 2012
  4. 1 2 Tynan, John A. (August 17, 1961). "Dizzy Gillespie: Gillespiana". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 17. p. 30.

See also

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillespiana